Educator use of dialect in the Styrian kindergartens

Vzgojitelji v vrtcu otrokom pripovedujejo in berejo otrokovi starosti primerne pravljice, zgodbice, uganke, pesmice, uprizarjajo lutkovne predstave. Tako otrokom že v predšolskem obdobju omogočajo stik s knjižnim jezikom (tako govorjenim kot zbornim) in mu s tem omogočajo ob narečju in pogovornem jeziku spoznavati tudi knjižno zvrst jezika (Kurikulum, 1999, str. 35). Med študijem sem pri praktičnem pedagoškem usposabljanju v vrtcu večkrat opazila, da otroci pogosto uporabljajo narečne besede. S svojim diplomskim delom sem želela ugotoviti, kako pogosto vzgojitelji uporabljajo narečne besede, kakšne so okoliščine vzgojiteljeve rabe narečja v vrtcu, kako vzgojitelji spodbujajo otroke k rabi knjižnega jezika. Diplomsko delo z naslovom Vzgojiteljeva raba narečja v štajerskih vrtcih je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. V teoretičnem delu sem predstavila slovenski jezik, njegove vloge in funkcije. Še posebej sem izpostavila socialne zvrsti slovenskega jezika. Predstavila sem 7 slovenskih narečnih skupin in natančneje opisala štajersko narečje. Predstavila sem področje jezika v Kurikulumu za vrtce ter izpostavila branje v vrtcu. Dotaknila pa sem se tudi vzgojiteljeve vloge spodbujanja jezikovne zmožnosti v vrtcu in pomena izobraževanja strokovnih delavcev za njihov profesionalni razvoj. V empiričnem delu sem z anketnim vprašalnikom skušala izvedeti, kakšna so vzgojiteljeva stališča do knjižnega jezika, kako vzgojitelji spodbujajo otroke k rabi knjižnega jezika ter ugotoviti, ali je raba narečja pogostejša v vrtcih na vasi ali v mestu.Preschool teachers tell and read age appropriate fairytales, stories, riddles, songs and also perform puppet shows for the children in nursery schools. In this manner they enable children, already in this preschool period, to get in contact with the literary language (spoken and written) and at the same time this enables them to get familiar with the literary genre of the language with the help of dialect and spoken language. During my studies and the practical pedagogical education in kindergarten, I noticed several times, how often kids use words in their own dialect. The purpose of my degree paper was to find out how often the teachers themselves use dialect words, what are the cirucumstances for the teacher\u27s use of dialect in nursery schools and how the teachers in term, encourage the children to use literary language. This degree paper has the title Vzgojiteljeva raba narečja v štajerskih vrtcih (The teacher\u27s use of dialect in Styria\u27s nursery schools) is composed of a theoretical and empirical part. In the theoretical part I presented the slovenian language, its roles and functions. Special emphasis was put on the social genres of slovenian language. I presented 7 slovenian dialect groups and I described in detail the Styria dialect. I presented the area of language in the Curriculum for Nursery schools and put emphasis on reading in nursery schools. I also touched the role of teachers in encouraging the linguistic capabilities in nursery schools and the importance of education of the technical staff for their professional developement. In the empirical part I used a questionnaire to unveil the teacher\u27s standpoints in regard toward literary language and also how the teachers encourage children to use literary language and in term to discover whether or not the usage of the dialect is more common in nursery schools in the village or in the city